KARACHI: In compliance with an order of the Supreme Court and in the wake of upcoming monsoon season, commissioner Karachi has directed all deputy commissioners of Karachi Division to immediately undertake comprehensive inspection survey within their jurisdictions of all billboards and hoardings installed alongside main roads, on the faces of high-rise buildings, on rooftops of high-rise buildings or elsewhere through qualified engineers.

The DCs are liable to get immediately removed any billboard or hoarding found dangerous in order to avoid any loss of human life or damage to the public and private property and furnish report to commissioner Karachi Division.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2021

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